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BPOA 01, 0291 (P206627)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 102126

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Silver and barley for the oxen on bala work; kishib ab-ba-mu shabra, seal: Ab-ba-mu ds d. nu-bànda sa12-du5)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 5(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2 ku3
2. 1(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) sze gur
3. a2 gu4 hun-ga2
4. 1(asz) 2(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) gur
5. sze GAN2 bala-a
6. ki lu2-[...]-gesz-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 ab-ba-mu szabra
2. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-a-hul
seal 1
1. [ur]-{d}ba-[ba6]
2. [dub-sar]
3. [dumu ba-a-da]

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Silver and barley for the oxen on bala work; kishib ab-ba-mu shabra, seal: Ab-ba-mu ds d. nu-bànda sa12-du5)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: BPOA 1, 291

[Ozaki2006BPOA1] Ozaki, Tohru, and Marcel Sigrist. 2006. Ur III Administrative Tablets from the British Museum. Part One. Biblioteca Del Próximo Oriente Antiguo 1. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

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Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 102126
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.03.00.00
Alternative Years:
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2011-07-22 at 14:35:44	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2009-06-03 at 11:29:19	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2008-01-27 at 19:39:28	Dahl, Jacob L.	Atf	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	approved
2008-01-03 at 20:37:25	Dahl, Jacob L.	Atf	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	approved

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Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 004760 (composite) (P457470)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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“BPOA 01, 0291 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206627.

BPOA 01, 0291 artifact entry (No. P206627). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206627 (Original work published 2002)

BPOA 01, 0291 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206627 (Accessed: June 10, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0291 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206627},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206627},
}

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“BPOA 01, 0291 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P206627.

BPOA 01, 0291 artifact entry (No. P206627). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206627 (Original work published 2002)

BPOA 01, 0291 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206627 (Accessed: June 10, 2025).

@misc{2023BPOA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BPOA 01, 0291 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206627},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206627},
}

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DA  - 2023/8/19/
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M1  - 2025/6/10/
TI  - BPOA 01, 0291 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P206627
ER  -

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